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Question 1

jamb 1992

An appropriate title for the passage is

AA picture , the young man and the female beggars

BMad men and mendicants

CThe problem of mad people in the society

DYoung men and female beggars

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Question 2

jamb 1992

The human waste referred by the writer is brought about by

AOver feeding

BThe irresponsible men who put female beggars in the family way

CThe mother beggars of tomorrow

DThe society

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Question 3

jamb 1992

‘beggars’ in the context of the first line of the third paragraph is a

Aphrase

Bsentence

Cnoun

Dmodifier

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Question 4

jamb 1992

..... this assessment’ refers to the man’s

AFace

BHair

CAge

DNaked

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Question 5

jamb 1992

The writer is describing a

APicture

BMan

CPicture of man

DManand a picture

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Question 6

jamb 1992

As far as the solution to the population problem of Nigerian is concerned, the writer of this passage is

AOptimistic

BPessimistic

CIndifferent

DDisturbed

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Question 7

jamb 1992

The reference to ‘Universal Primary Education’ in this passage is significant because it shows

AWhy the census figures were disputed

BThe failure and collapse of the programme

CThe misleading effect of unreliable information

DHow a worthy scheme could be made worthless by poor planning strategies

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Question 8

jamb 1992

‘The contentious nature of the subject’ refers to the

AThe population

BThe disputed 1963 census figures

CDevelopment planning

DRevenue allocation

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Question 9

jamb 1992

Precise national population figures are required in order to

AKnow the number of people to cater for in the Universal Primary Education programme

BBe able to undertake proper implementation of governmental policies

CAvert unanticipated expenditure

DBe able to speak of population statistics with confidence

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Question 10

jamb 1992

It would be more realistic of economists to

AAccept the unreliability of Nigeria’s census figures

BAscertain how many Nigerians there are

CDiscard the disputed 1963 census figures

DAccept marginal errors in the census figures

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Question 11

jamb 1992

'We sense in our students a narrowing materialism' means that our students' concept of education is one that

APrepares them for money, joy and meaning

Bmakes them ready to confront the depressed job market

Conly prepares them to acquire material comforts

Dtrains them for life-long career

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Question 12

jamb 1992

In the question below select the option (A-D) that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence:
If i were the captain, i would have led the team to victory

AI was not the captain but i led the tam to victory

BI was the captain but i did not lead the team to victory

CI was not the captain and i did not lead the team to victory

Di was the captain and i led the team to victory

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Question 13

jamb 1992

In the question below select the option (A-D) that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence:
Bolade would make a mess of cooking the rice.

Ait was typical of Bolade to make a mess of things

BBolade cannot cook

CBolade will not cook rice the rice well

DBolade does not like cooking rice

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Question 14

jamb 1992

In the question below select the option (A-D) that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence:
He can't be swimming all day

Ait's possible he is not swimming now

BIt's very likely he is swimming now

CHe does not have the ability to swim all day

DHe would not like to swim all day

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Question 15

jamb 1992

In the question below select the option (A-D) that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence:
Tom ought not to have told me

ATom did not tell me but he should

BPerhaps Tom was wrong to have told me

CTom told me but it was wrong of him

DIt was necessary for Tom not to tell me

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Question 16

jamb 1992

In the question below select the option (A-D) that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence:

People may not pick flowers in this park.

Apeople can pick flowers in this park

Bpeople may not wish to pick flowers in this park

Cpeople are prohibited from picking flowers from this park

Dpeople cannot pick flowers from this park

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Question 17

jamb 1992

In the question below fill the gap with the appropriate option :
The choice to go to the university or not is ....

Ayours'

Byour

Cyours

Dyour's

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Question 18

jamb 1992

In the question below fill the gap with the appropriate option :
It has been confirmed that the election .... held in July

Awill be

Bis being

Chas been

Dhave being

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Question 19

jamb 1992

In the question below fill the gap with the appropriate option :
People who live by .... what loneliness is like

Aeach other know

Bone another know

Coneself knows

Dthemselves know

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Question 20

jamb 1992

In the question below fill the gap with the appropriate option :
we are .... to receive your letter and to know that you are ....

Ahappy/ in good health

Bgrateful/sound

Cpleased / all well

Dappreciative/swimming in good health

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